The eleventh annual meeting of the North Central History Teachers’ Association was held at the Reynolds Club, Chicago, on Friday and Saturday, April 2 And 3, 1909. The Friday afternoon session was opened by Professor Samuel B. Harding, of Indiana University, who read a paper on “Some Concrete Problems in the Teaching of Medieval and Modern History.” The discussion was opened by Professor George C. Sellery, of the University of Wisconsin. In the evening a paper on “The Study of the Present as an Aid in the Interpretation of the Past” was read by Professor Edward A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, and discussed by Dean A. W. Small, of the University of Chicago; Professor Paul Shorey, of the University of Chicago, and Dean E. B. Greene, of the University of Illinois. The session of Saturday was devoted to the annual business meeting and to the presentation of the report on the Annual Bibliography and the Report of the Committee of Eight. Professor A. C. McLaughlin, of the University of Chicago, a member of the Committee of Seven, read a paper on “What Changes Should be Made in the Report of the Committee of Seven.” The April meeting of the New England Association was held in the rooms of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. The subject for consideration was the “Syllabus for the Study of American Civil Government in Secondary Schools.” A special committee of the association has been at work for several years in the preparation of a syllabus, which will be discussed in the next issue of this magazine. At the last meeting of the Nebraska History Teachers’ Association a committee was appointed to consider the question of American history in the Grammar grades, with special reference to Nebraska history. * * * * * LEADING HISTORIES OF THE DAY Robinson--Introduction to the History of Western Europe By Professor James Harvey Robinson, of Columbia University. In a one volume edition and a two volume edition. Robinson--Readings in European History Designed to supplement the “Introduction to the History of Western Europe.” In a two volume edition and an abridged edition. Robinson and Beard--The Development of Modern Europe An introduction to the study of current history. By James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. Beard, Adjunct Professor of Politics in Columbia University. _Volume I._ The Eighteenth Century: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Period. _Volume II._ Europe since the Congress of Vienna. Robinson and Beard--Readings in Modern European History A collection of extracts from sources chosen with the purpose of illustrating some of the chief phases of the development of Europe during the last two hundred years. In two volumes arranged to accompany those of “The Development of Modern Europe.” Montgomery’s Histories